Y Carinae

Not to be confused with Upsilon Carinae.
This article is about the Classical Cepheid variable star. For y Carinae, see V533 Carinae.
Y Carinae

A light curve for Y Carinae, plotted from Hipparcos data[1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Carina
Right ascension 10h 33m 10.85133s[2]
Declination −58° 29′ 55.0959″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 8.16[3] (7.53 – 8.48[4])
Characteristics
Spectral type F0/3[5] + B9V[6]
B−V color index +0.59[3]
Variable type Classical Cepheid[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−12.90[7] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −5.83[2] mas/yr
Dec.: 3.21[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)0.3011 ± 0.0358 mas[8]
Distanceapprox. 11,000 ly
(approx. 3,300 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−3.0[9]
Orbit[9]
PrimaryA
CompanionB
Period (P)1006.9 days
Eccentricity (e)0.437
Semi-amplitude (K1)
(primary)		10.0 km/s
Details
A
Mass4.9[10] M☉
Luminosity1,250[9] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)1.800[3] cgs
Temperature5,800[9] K
Metallicity−0.230[3]
Other designations
Y Carinae, Y Car, CD−57°3305, GSC 08613-01464, HD 91595, HIP 51653, 2MASS J10331084-5829550, SAO 238178, Gaia DR2 5351428787262634624
Database references
SIMBADdata

Y Carinae (Y Car) is a Classical Cepheid variable, a type of variable star, in the constellation Carina. Its apparent magnitude varies from 7.53 to 8.48.

The primary Cepheid pulsation period is 3.6 days, but it also pulsates with a secondary period of 2.56 days. It is known as a double-mode Cepheid, or a beat Cepheid since the two periods interfere to produce slow variations at a beat frequency.[9]

The variable primary star is in a triple system with a very close pair of hot main sequence stars. The period of the outer pair is 2.76 years. The inner pair are constrained to orbit in less than 31 days, but the exact nature of the orbit is unknown. The existence of the close binary pair throws into doubt previous calculations of the mass of the pulsating star. The existence of high numbers of triple systems and short period Cepheids suggests that some at least of the short period Cepheids may have formed by mergers.[11]

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